GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| quorum | a select group |
| retiring | reserved |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| hortatory | hortative |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| rightful | just |